Belt-loop.



. J. L. PREDLIHP.

BELT LOOP. APPLIOATIO-H nun AUG. 30,1009.

980,175, Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Witneoow Juqa/zzfizdi attozmu o JOSEPH LEWIS FREDLIHP, 0F MADEIRA, CALIFORNIA.

BELT-LOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2'7, 1910.

Application filed August 30, 1909. Serial No. 515,251.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn L. Fnnnmnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madera, in the county of Madera and State of California, have invented a new and useful Belt-Loop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belt loops and its object is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive device of this character particularly designed for holding belts upon the waist-bands of trousers, and the device is also of considerable convenience for en aging the button-hole portions of suspenc ers.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which can be readily applied to a garment and which will not detract from the appearance thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred forms of the invention have been shown. v

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a view showing a garment in dotted lines the fasteners thereon being indicated in full lines. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the fasteners. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another form of fastener. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a third form of fastener.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates an elongated, flat, metallic strip provided at each end with a hooked portion, said portions being indicated by the numerals 2 and 3 respectively. As indicated in the drawings the crown portion of each of these books is bowed transversely so that its inner face will be convex from side to side, and thus reduce to the minimum wear upon the object engaged by the hooked portion. In one form of the device, one of the ends of the said strip 1 is extended from the hooked portion 2 in the form of an elongated tongue 4 while the other end portion thereof is also extended into a shorter tongue 5 designed to lap and normally bear upon the terminal portion of the tongue 4:. This tongue 5 may be provided with a transverse outstanding bead as shown at 6 and which forms an inner epression. As shown in Fig. 2, the free end of tongue 4 preferably extends partly across this depression. A suitable number of apertures may be formed Within the strip 1 for rece tion of a thread or other means utilized for astening the device upon a garment. If preferred, and as shown in Fig. 3, the elongated strip may be provided with tongues 8 extended toward each other and each of which is provided with an enlargement or head 10 preferably substantially circular in form. In both forms of garment supporter the distance between the strip 1 and the tongues is approximately equal to the thickness of a belt within the hooked ends of the sup orter, and the distance between the bones is equal to the width of said belt.

In using the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the strips 1 are sewed or otherwise fastened to the waist band of the trousers and the belt is then inserted endwise between the strips and the tongues t and 5 so as to fit snugly within the device. The button-hole or eye portions of suspenders are then placed in engagement'wit-h the tongues 5 by slipping them between the lapping portions of the tongues 4 and 5 and then positioning the lower ends of said button-hole portions between the belt and the waist band of the trousers. It is apparent therefore that the supporters such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 not only constitute eflicient means for holding the belt securely upon the garment but they also take the place of buttons which are ordinarily used for engagement with suspenders. The form of device shown in Fig. 3 is designed to be used and applied in the same manner as is the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

When it is desired to remove the buttonhole portion or eye of suspenders from engagement with the loop shown in these Figs. 1 and 2, the said portion is shifted downwardly until it is seated within the inner depression formed by bead 6 and upon the outer face of the projecting end of tongue 4:. By then continuing to pull downward on the eye of the suspenders, it will wedge between said projecting end of tongue 1 and the free end of the tongue 5 and will thus force the two tongues apart and pass out of the loo Another form of garment supporter has been indicated in Fig. 4, this supporter consisting of an elongated strip 11 having hooked port-ions ad acent the ends thereof such as indicated at 12, there being tongues 13 extending from the hooked portions and each provided with a disk like head 14. Apertures 15 are formed within these heads and are designed to receive threads for the purpose of fastening a supporter upon a garment.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 4 the distance between the head 4 and the strip 1 is substantially equal to the thickness of a belt which is to be held in place and after the heads let have been fastened to the waistband of a garment by sewing them thereto or by securing them in any other preferred manner, the belt is inserted endwise through the supporter. In this form of device it is of course necessary to apply the button hole portions of suspenders before the supporter is fastened to the waist band.

It is to be understood that various changes may I be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing-the advantages of the invention. A metal garment supporter herein described is designed to be used in lieu of the ordinary fabric strap attached to the waist-band of trousers and is much more desirable in view of the fact that it not only serves to hold a belt in proper position but it also engages the button hole portion of suspenders and dispenses with the use of buttons for the same purpose. Moreover, if preferred, the supporter herein described can be fastened to the inner face of a waist band as for example, when it is desired to attach -and parallel with the intermediate portion of the strips, and another tongue extending from the other hooked portion and contacting at its end. upon the outer face of the first mentioned tongue, there being a transversely extending depression in the inner face of said lapping tongue, the straight tongue being extended a short distance across the depression and both of said tongues being adapted to rest flat upon a belt within the loo I testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH LEWIS FREDLIHP. lVitnesses:

M. E. KooNoE, E. M. MCCARDLE. 

